Modernismo: Spanish Artists of the 20th Century
Modernismo: Spanish Artists of the 20th Century
Property from a Private Collection, Mexico
Salvador Dalí
La Mort à table
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April 14, 04:25 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Mexico
Salvador Dalí
1904 - 1989
La Mort à table
signed Salvador Dali and dated 1942 (lower left)
pen and ink on paper
9½ by 7 in.
24.2 by 17.7 cm.
Executed in 1942.
Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, 13 July 1960, lot 44 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Dalí drew La Mort à table as part of his preparatory drawings for a book: "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali." Dial Press in New York issued a 119-edition limited print run of the book in 1942.